Deep well water suction power system with motors



Jan. 15, 1935.

l.. Foss DEEP WELL WATER SUCTION POWER SYSTEM WITH MOTORS Filed-Deo. 29,1933 Patented Jan. 15, 1935k UNITED sTATiEs DEEP WELL WATER'sUcTioNPOWER;

sys-mM wlrn -Mofrons e l* L'Foss, Application December v29, 1933,serial' No. 704,546

12 Claims.

The object -of my invention is :to provide a suction 'power mill #raceVWhere.by Iwater motors .of ,any .desimed type may be operated bysuction of `Water lflowing into :a deep Well ,from a well of 15 "higherlevel Qrifrom any surface rsourcenof Water such as .a Jake, pond, river,branch, or creek, or the like; to utilize such an apparatus incombination with my double water worm motor; :and

to provide .novlel and convenientrmeans `for con- Io ,trolling the:operation of -the apparatus. It is an especial .object .oi .myinvention to fprovide `means and aparatus whereby -wells may be`substituted for the building of .dams as a means 'for obtaining andsupplying 'water power. I at- ,1

1.3 tain these and other objects :of :my invention by .fthe mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- I Figure 1 is va side.elevation .of my apparatus, `parts being broken away and :shown invertical 2u section to :show interior construction of valve :chambers:and p Fig. .2 is Aa top plan View :of a portion of the apparatus, thewater :motor casing anda portion of connected :conduits thereto :beinglshown in 225 section. y

.Like numerals `designate like parts in veach of 'the several views.

Referring-:to theaccompanying drawing, 1 rep- -resentsanysuitablefsourcev of water:supply which L30 .may be .-a water tank, -a pond,:riverlake or -creek or the like, or :a :flowing artesian -well :or anysource of water Supply close' 'to the ysurface -of A the earth. 1 i yMemberaZ is a priming and Awater supply 'cond 35 duit opening out of thepriming tank 1 and :is provided y'with a suitable Ashut-off valve l orgate 43 which :is fmanually voperated. f Conduit 2 :is -flattened .andl:broadened at its mouth 4 and opens ltangentiatlyxinto the cylindricalcasing 5, lt() zasshown iniEligs. 1 :and ,2, delivering the watertangentially into fthe whirlpool chamber 6) I A:provide ashaft 57.zextending'longitudinally of the casing :and on this `common isha-ft Iprovide :suitable spaced Iand balanced motors 8 `and l9 each 145havingthe ,seriesfof wormsfor threads shown ex- :tending "approximatelyone-half --way `round the lhub or shaft with a possible variation offrom .one-third'to two-thirds the distance around Athe huh. rIlhe :rotor8 -llas right shand :threads :turn- 150 ing, in a left hand directionand the rotor .has left hand threads :and rxtui-,ning fin a lright :handidirection. .I providev suction lchambers -10 :and 11 into which :thewater vis,:sipl'1:med"from :theirotors t8 .and 9 respectively. Igarovideacon- 1155 .duit 12 .opening out ,of `the .suction chamber l1'.

(el. si-i9) These conduitsmergefin a larger vmain downwardly extendingconduit 14. u

I provide a sealingrfchamber VA15 which is :41u11 `of water and isprovided `forvthe purpose- .of preventing leakage of air into thesuction cham- 5 ber 10. I provide a suitable Ypackinggland 16 A .onshaft'l in chamber 15, and another suitable` packing gland 17 on shaft'iadjacent the end of `casing 5 on ,shaft v'7 to increaserthe efficiency`of the apparatus. Chamber A15 is openY at the 10 Atop to afford accesstoy'the gland 16, the top .edge ofthe chamber being indicated by`numeral 15' in Fig. 1. j p v. i ...y

I provide `suitable oppositev frame `I-nembers 18 gaflixed to orintegral with `casing` 5 andwcarry.-l :l5 ing the journals 20 -in whichshaft 19 -ismounted. .I provide ,anyy suitable plurality or seriesofworm gears, which `lpreferably consist of a large worm gear 21 mounted`on shaft 19 and asmall `wor-n1 ,gear 22 which is mounted v,on shaft 'land meshes 20 with gear 21, as showny in the drawing. Ipro vide suitablecollars 23 on shaft 19.. Ifalso `proflvide adriven pulley 24 onl said4shaft which functions as a driving pulley for operating' any otherdesired machinery. i i f y Y2175 Referring to Fig. 1', I provide .an airescape @pipe 25 opening out ,of` ,the upper -'end of4 conduit '14preferably Lat ,a point `slightly kbeyond the ,junction of conduits 12and A13. Air Aescape pipe isprovided withl a suitable manually operated5 lvalve 26. g l At a point in conduit 14 at a substantial vdis-- tancebelow the point of junction of conduits 12 and 13, I provide a suitablebut preferably autop matic valve 28` inychamber y34 and which is .13,5mounted Aon pivot 291 in .the valve casing or frame 27.' Valve 28 has anarm 30 to which -o-ne end or river, or creek. I provide asuitablevalvegz .casing 39 in conduit 35 andasuitable valve; 3'7vmountedy on pivot 38 and which lseats by the action of gravityandwhichishan essential element., n

,i I provide a suitable', removable plate @Oron the lis opened whichwill stop operation of *the* system.

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end of cylindrical casing 5 secured by suitable means such as bolts 41.I provide an adjustable bearing 42 having a squared end 44.l Bearing 42is secured in place by a jamb nut 43. Member 42 is a bearing for theconical end of the shaft '7 kas shown in Fig. 2.

The method of using or operating the apparatus is as follows:

Water-supply conduit 35' is placed in communication with any desiredsource of water supply such as a pond, river or lake or a deep-flowingartesian Well. to a sub-strata of the earth where there isa flowingstream of low pressure to 'produceasucJ Y. tion or siphoning action ofwater through con# duit 14. When the apparatus is suitablyinstalled` thevalve 3 is manually opened to admit water into the conduit'2 from asuitable'pri'r'nin'g"tank1.1

As a part of the priming or starting system; conduit 35 is provided witha gravity-controlled valve near its upper endand whichv preferably ispositioned just under the water level in the Water supply source. Only asmall amount of the water can flow down into conduit 35 to valve 37. It'then mustv pass through the rest of conduit 2 into'the whirlpool chamber7, and thence through the rotors 8 and 9, and thence through therespective suction chambers 10 and 1l, andthence the respective conduits12 and 13 which are in communication with those chambers, and fromconduits 12`and 13l into the main suction conduit 14'dow'nward to thepoint of discharge, in a deepsuction well. K

The valve 28 itvvillv be noted-ispositioned at a point'insuction conduit14 below the plane inwhich` valve 37 in watersupply conduit 35 is1ocated. Valve 28l isf attached'to aV relatively light spring 31 so thatthe weight ofthe water inthe upper end of conduit 14 beforepriming-willbe supported by the valve b28 butwhen the pressure of `water `from thepriming tank 1 is'added-by chamber 5, rotors 8 vand 9 suction conduitsor water conveyors- 12 V`and '13, 'and main suction conduit V14 inthemanner'illustrated in the drawing. f

The water in tank orwatersupply source 1 is utilized for the purposeouf'iinitially filling'the conduits 2, 12, 1-3uand `14 toenable'thestartingv Vof the siphoning action. -After the siphoning-ac`r tion isstarted the valve 3 may be closed andthe water-will continuously drawnthrough thewater supply conduit 35,` unless jand until the Avalve'u26'I'he air pipe 25` and valve 26 is used as a control valve for startingor stopping the operation of the system When the water supplyis'obtained from an artesian well through conduit 35, or anyother sourceof Water supply which -is lower than the motor,under which conditionsthepriming tank 1 is required'for the operation of the If the well isanartesian well whichdeliver's water abovethe surface of the ground theVtank 1 would not be used and the position of the valve 3` would bedisposed between the conduit 35 and `the cylindrical casing 5, or ifvany other Water A second well is bored deep dowr'rz-iV .and which, iskopened to start the motor.

.JWherethe water has to be siphoned or sucked from rivers, ponds orlakes should be high enough to do its own priming, this same valve 3would then be used to start or stop the motor. In other words, the levelof the surface of the Water of ,v Y

from" a deep Well by a priming system then the .tankis' needed;otherwise it is not needed.

Whenthework through, in order to stop the motor AI opentheiair valve 26in air pipe 25 and 'iair rushes in and the` Water in both conduits 14and 35 4flows back to the level of the respective wells .torwhich theyextend."

It willfbe-fund'erstood Athat -a Swell may be'. the source of water"supply,1itY being jtonly required that'the suctionL conduit be; extendedto adepth substantiallygreater than thedepth f the Water supplysourceQI-.Italsowill .be understood thatthe effective actionzfof:suction on the motor isthe equivalent ltof-the pressurerof thedown-owin stream of likeorco'rresponding length;r I may' use: anysuitable governing mechanism, fand any1 suitable oilin mechanismv inconnection with the appaatu -'-'-VVhatI clalriilis': i IS x f l.v Inapparatus'of :the/',typedescribed, the com'- bination'fof apriming-tank, a water motor, a conduit extending .from the-primingtankto the water motor, a shut-off valve'for said conduit, 'a Watersupply conduitf' extending from a relatively low-source offwaterfsupply'to and in communica-` -t'ion with l'the fafore'saidvalvei "controlledconduit at4 a point between the primingtank and the waterl motor, agravityoperated" valve in said water priming purposesia suctionconduit'exten'd.-

ing from the water motor yfor siphoning-.water vthrough andfromwthefwater motor," said conduit being extended to and siphoning intoai deep-suc'- tion WelLand alv valve in said suction conduit.

f f2." In apparatuscf `the Itype l described, the combination of a'primingrtank', -a` water motor, a conduit extending lfrom `the primingtank to the water motor, fa shut-off valve forosaid conduit, a watersupply conduit extending from a sourceof water supply Ytov and incommunication with the aforesaid' valve controlled conduit at a pointbetween 'the priming Atank-"and thewater motor, a valve in said watersupply" conduit to close the conduit yfor iwalteiipriming" purposes,A asuction Aconduit extending from lthe water y motor for siphoning water"through and from' the water motor, said conduit including a verticallydisposed section'beingextended'to and Asiphoning into a deep suctionwell, savvalve disposed horizontally insaid verticallyrjdi'sposedsection of the Vsuction conduit, a springy operatively connected withsaid Vvalve and fnorrallyfreseating the valve when there is no' `waterpressure lbut of insufficient strengthto prevent the' valve from openingunder the'weight ofwater=when the system'is set in operation. if; f;

3,'In a'fdeepI well water-suction.V power system, the combinationfofaavWater motor, ,a casing in which saidfm'otor is mounted, a suctionvchamber insaid Vcasing into.' which; the iwater isy sucked from andthrough .the motor; `asuotion conduit `water-flowingthrough the suctionconduit4v and 'fltofbeclosd at other times,-an'airescape valve-in'the-upper end-'ofA the suction ycor-id'uit, a water supply conduit forconveying-Water v'tovftlfie '-wa'ter motorfrom a sourceo'f-*water supplyfatga higher level than ythe water in the-deepsu'ction wellfin'to whichthe-water is sucked from the suction conduit, and a gravity-operatedvalve in said water-supply conduit.

4. In a deep well water-suction power system, the combination of a watermotor; a casing in which said motor is mounted, a suction chamber insaid casing into which the water is sucked from the motor; a suctionconduit in communication with said chamber and extending to a deepsuction well; a spring-controlled automatic valve in said conduit, saidvalve being adapted to open under the weight of water when the apparatusis in operation, an air escape valve in the upper end of said conduit; asupply conduit for supplying Water to the water motor; a priming tank incommunication with said conduit, a shut-oil valve in said conduit; adownwardly extending water supply conduit in communication with asuitable water supply such as a lake, river, artesian well or the like;and a gravity-operated valve in the water supply conduit.

5. In combination with the apparatus dened in claim 4, saidgravity-operated valve being positioned in the water supply conduit at aplane below the level ofthe surface of the water of the water supplywhereby to prevent escape of air past the said valve.

6. In a deep well water-suction power system, the combination of a Watermotor comprising a cylindrical casing, spaced and balanced rotors insaid casing, a common shaft mounted in and extending through one end ofsaid casing and on' which said rotors are mounted, said rotors beingreversely threaded t drive the shaft in the same direction, a whirlpoolchamber disposed between the rotors, suction 'chambers to which water issucked from and through the rotors, suction conduits opening out ci saidsuction chambers, a main suction conduit in which said suction conduitsmerge, said main suction conduit extending downwardly into a deepsuctionv well to siphon water through the water motor, an automaticvalve in said conduit arranged to be held in open position by the ow ofwater through the conduit, a spring for reseating the valve when the`apparatus is not in operation, a water supply conduit connecting thewater motor with a source of water supply, and a valve in said watersupply conduit.

'7. In combination with the apparatus dened in claim 6, a water-filledsealing chamber disposed at the end ofthe cylindrical rotor casingthrough which the rotor shaft extends, and a gland in said sealingchamber, whereby to lprevent air leakage into the adjacent suctionchamber.

8. In combination with the apparatus defined in claim 6, a plurality ofworm gears voperatively connected with therrotor-driven common shaft, asecond shaft actuated by the rotor driven shaft and carrying the drivengear of the aforesaid gears, and a pulley on said second shaft fordriving other machinery.

9. In a deep well water-section power system, the combination of a`water motor comprising a said casing, `a common 'shaf t mountedfin 'andrexfte'nding longitudinallyfofsaid cylindrical 'casing `'andenwhichsaidrotors are mounted, said'rotors Y `beingireversely threaded todrive the'lshatt'inthe 'y same.'d-irection,All a whirlpoolchamber-:disposedfbeisf-sucked-tromand throughthe rotors, Asuctioncofnduits I'opening out 'of said .suctionnchambera agmai-n'fsuctionconduit' in-which'f'saidfsuctioncon- Fduitsmerg'e, saidmain suctionconduit extending downwardly into a deep suction well to siphon waterthrough the `water motor, an automatic valve in said conduit arranged tobe held in open position by the flow of water through the conduit, aspring for reseating the valve when the apparatus is not in operation, awater supply conduit connecting the water motor with a source of watersupply, a gravity-operated valve in said water supply conduit, a primingtank, a conduit from the priming tankand water supply conduit to thewater motor, and a shut-off valve in said conduit for shutting off oropening communication with the priming tank for starting the operationof the power system.

10. In a deepwell water suction power system, the combination of apriming tank, a conduit leading from said tank, a manually operableshut-oit valve in said conduit, a water supply conduit connecting withthe first mentioned conduit and in communication with a source of watersupply such as a lake, river, pond, artesian well or the like, agravity-operated valve near the upper end ci' said water supply conduit,a water motor casing with which said conduit is in communication, saidconduit having its mouth disposed tangentially of the motor casing, awhirlpool chamber in the motor casing, spaced balanced rotors on eitherside of the whirlpool chamber, suction chambers at the ends of therotors, suction conduits communicating with said suction chambers, alarger common downwardly extending suction conduit into which said firstmentioned suction conduits merge, an automatically reseatable valve insaid main suction conduit adapted to be opened under the pressure ofwater and closed when there is no water pressure, and means inconnection with said suction conduit for stopping and starting the flowof water therethrough.

11. In a deep well water suction power system, the combination of apriming tank, a conduit leading from said tank, a manually operableshutoff Valve in said conduit, a water supply conduit connecting withthe rst mentioned conduit and in communication with a source of watersupply such as a lake, river, pond, artesian well or the like, agravity-operated valve near the upper end of said water supply conduit,below the surface of the water level of said water supply, a water motorcasing with which said conduit is in 'communication, said conduit havingits mouth disposed tangentially of the motor casing, a whirlpool chamberin the motor casing, spaced balanced worm rotors on either side of thewhirlpool chamber, suction chambers at the ends of the rotors, suctionconduits communicating with said suction chambers, a larger commondownwardly extending suction `conduit into which said first mentionedsuction conduits merge, an automatically reseatable valve in said mainsuction conduit adapted to be opened under the pressure of water andclosed when there is no water pressure, and means in connection withsaid suction conduit for stopping and starting the flow of watertherethrough.

rotors,v suction conduits communicating with said suction chambers,zar-larger common downwardly extending -suction conduit into whichYsaidrst mentioned suction conduits merge, han auto- Y maticallyreseatable .valve in said main suction conduit adapted to be openedunder thepressure of Water and closed when there is no watervpressure,land means in connection with said suction.

conduit for stopping` and starting the flow of Water therethrough. r f

i LELAND L. FOSS.

